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Title: Conservation tillage and traffic effects on soil condition

Abstract

The soil condition resulting from a five-year cotton-wheat double cropping experiment in a sandy loam Coastal Plain soil was investigated using intensive measurements of cone index and dry bulk density. Four tillage treatments including a strip-till (no surface tillage with in-row subsoiling) conservation tillage practice were analyzed. The traffic was controlled in the experimental plots with the USDA-ARS Wide-Frame Tractive Vehicle. Besides the environmental benefits of maintaining the surface residue, the strip-till treatment decreased cone index directly beneath the row, decreased surface bulk density, increased surface moisture content, decreased energy usage, and increased yields. Controlled traffic was beneficial only when in-row subsoiling was not used as an annual tillage treatment. Although differences in soil condition were seen beneath the row middles where traffic occurred, this did not affect the soil condition directly beneath the row. 16 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Auburn, AL (United States)
  2. USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Temple, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
102740
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Transactions of the ASAE
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: PBD: May-Jun 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; AGRICULTURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SOILS; DENSITY; MOISTURE; COMPACTING; FARM EQUIPMENT; LOAM; CULTIVATION; COTTON PLANTS; WHEAT; PENETROMETERS

Citation Formats

Raper, R L, Reeves, D W, Burt, E C, and Torbert, H A. Conservation tillage and traffic effects on soil condition. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.13031/2013.28138.
Raper, R L, Reeves, D W, Burt, E C, & Torbert, H A. Conservation tillage and traffic effects on soil condition. United States. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.28138
Raper, R L, Reeves, D W, Burt, E C, and Torbert, H A. 1994. "Conservation tillage and traffic effects on soil condition". United States. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.28138.
@article{osti_102740,
title = {Conservation tillage and traffic effects on soil condition},
author = {Raper, R L and Reeves, D W and Burt, E C and Torbert, H A},
abstractNote = {The soil condition resulting from a five-year cotton-wheat double cropping experiment in a sandy loam Coastal Plain soil was investigated using intensive measurements of cone index and dry bulk density. Four tillage treatments including a strip-till (no surface tillage with in-row subsoiling) conservation tillage practice were analyzed. The traffic was controlled in the experimental plots with the USDA-ARS Wide-Frame Tractive Vehicle. Besides the environmental benefits of maintaining the surface residue, the strip-till treatment decreased cone index directly beneath the row, decreased surface bulk density, increased surface moisture content, decreased energy usage, and increased yields. Controlled traffic was beneficial only when in-row subsoiling was not used as an annual tillage treatment. Although differences in soil condition were seen beneath the row middles where traffic occurred, this did not affect the soil condition directly beneath the row. 16 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.},
doi = {10.13031/2013.28138},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/102740}, journal = {Transactions of the ASAE},
number = 3,
volume = 37,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}